Basin-cock.



PATEN'IIBDMAY 3, 1904. H. W. DAUB dz J. K. WHITE.

BASIN 000K.

APPLICATION FILED EAR. 5. 1903.

K0 MODEL.

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J11. Witt/'66 UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. DAUB AND J OEL KIRK WHITE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS; SAID IVHITE ASSIG-NOR TO SAID .DAUB.

BASIN-COCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 7 59,160, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed March 5, 1903- Serial No. 146,377. (No model.)

To {0 whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY W. DAUB and Joni. KIRK VVi-IITE, citizens of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basin- Uocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to the variety of water-fixtures designated as basin-cocks and which are generally provided in rights and lefts to suit the particular location. This necessitates carrying in stock two forms of the same fixture and frequently is the source of delay and annoyance, as it not unfrequently happens that a right-hand valve has been provided when the work requires a left-hand one, and vice versa.

This invention provides a cock adapted for washbasins, pantries, laundries, and other places requiring a fixture of the basin-cock type which can be readily converted into either a right-hand or a left-hand fixture to meet the requirement, thereby obviating the expense of carrying two varieties in stock and the vexatious delays and other annoyances arising from carrying the wrong kind upon a job.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modilication, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a basin-cock arranged for left-hand use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the fixture having the component parts disconnected and relatively arranged, the valve-body being reversed. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the parts arranged to provide a right-hand fixture.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The fixture illustrated of the basin-cock type and comprises a reversible valve-body 1, base 2, cap 3, nozzle 4, and valve-operating handle 5. The base 2 is provided with a threaded stem 6 and clamp-nut 7 for attachment of the cock to the slab of the basin or other part to whichthe fixture is to be applied. The supply-pipe (not shown) is provided. with the usual coupling end 8, terminating in a conical part 9, which forms a ground-joint with the lower end of the stem 6 in the usual way, the nut 10 fixing the joint and cooperating with the parts 6 and 9.

The valvebody 1 is reversible--that is, adapted to be turned end for end-to admit of the nozzle t facing in the same direction and the coupling end 11 facing either to the right or to the left, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 1. Opposite ends of the reversible valve-body are provided with threaded ends of like size to admit .of either end making screw-thread connection with either the base 2 or cap 3. In order to illustrate more clearly the reverse position of the valve-bod y, corresponding ends are indicated by the characters and In Fig. 1 the end is shown uppermost, where as in Figs. 2 and 3 the end occupies the highest position. In the two positions of the valve-body the nozzle 1 points in the same direction, and in order that said nozzle may discharge downward in each position it is connected at its inner end with the valve-body by means of va swivel-joint, the union 12 being the specific means employed for attaching said nozzle to the valve-body. \Vhen the valvebody is reversed or. turned end for end, the nozzle is correspondingly inverted, and in order that its outer curved end may point downward it is necessary to give said nozzle a onehalf turn, as will be readily understood. The

reversal of the valve-body shifts the coupling end 11 for the valve-operating shaft from right to left, or vice versa, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, thereby admitting of the basin-cock or like fixture being readily converted into either a right-hand or a left hand valve. To make the change-that is, to convert a right-hand fixture into a left-hand fixture, or vice versa-it only necessary to remove the cap 3 and disconnect the valvebody from the base 2, and after the valvebody has been reversed and threaded into the base 2 the cap 3 is screwed upon the end previously connected to said base and the nozzle 4 is given a one-half turn. The operation is simple and can be readily eflected and does notrequire the intervention or use of extraneous parts, and the fixture is durable and etficient in either adjustment, the reversibility not detracting from its serviceability.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a water-fixture of the basin-cock type, a base,-a valve-body reversible with reference to said base and adapted to make connection therewith at either end to admit of converting' the fixture into either a right-hand or a left-hand cock, and a nozzle connected with the valve-body by means of a swivel-joint, substantially as set forth.

2. In a water-fixture of the basin-cock type. a base, a valve-body adapted to be turned end for end and make connection with said base in either position, said valve-body having a laterally-extended coupling end for reception of the valve-operating shaft and caused to point either to the right or to the left as required, and a nozzle connected with the valvebody and adapted to be turned with reference thereto, substantially as set forth.

3. A water-fixture of the basin-cock type comprising a base, a reversible valve-body having a laterally-extended coupling end and oppositely-extended threaded ends, either one of which is adapted to make screw-thread connection with said base, a cap adapted to be fitted to the other threadedend, a nozzle connected with the valve-body by means of a swivel-joint, and a valve-operating shaft fitted to the laterally-extended coupling end of the valve-body, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY w. DAUB. JOEL KIRK WHITE.

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